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Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

Top 5 books about Jewish identity
Star of David
recommended

Top 5 books about Jewish identity

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
novel

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
The Dark Room illustration
thriller

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film

A Book of Days review: A glimpse into the wonderful world of Patti Smith
A Book of Days by Patti Smith
Review

A Book of Days review: A glimpse into the wonderful world of Patti Smith

Top 5 books by contemporary Northern Irish writers
Belfast
recommended

Top 5 books by contemporary Northern Irish writers

Top 5 books with talking cats, chosen by Judith Robinson and Scott Pack
yawning cat
Top 5 books

Top 5 books with talking cats, chosen by Judith Robinson and Scott Pack

The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance features rare book dealer Lily Albrecht
review

The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
An Impossible Return: a Novel by Caroline Laurent is set in the Chagos Islands
exile

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot
Cormac McCarthy
book reviews

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot

Top 5 books about China, chosen by Xinran Xue
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about China, chosen by Xinran Xue

Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography
Brian May
Books

Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography

X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul
Nightclub
Book reviews

X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds
Gregor McGregor
recommended

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations
Vertumnus by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
oddities

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations

The Storm is Here by Luke Mogelson review: An explosive state of the nation address
Luke Mogelson's book focuses on the political turmoil the USA has lived through in recent years.
Books

The Storm is Here by Luke Mogelson review: An explosive state of the nation address

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas review: Sound and visionary thinking
New Hampshire sister act The Shaggs feature in This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas. Photo: Wikipedia
non-fiction

This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas review: Sound and visionary thinking

Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween
light streaming through a basement window
Book reviews

Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween

Top 5 books by music industry insiders, chosen by Tana Douglas
Beastie Boys in 2009
recommended

Top 5 books by music industry insiders, chosen by Tana Douglas

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women
Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women
Letter To My Younger Self

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women